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All My Meds,side effects
Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:21Ok so I had my first seizure when i was in the 3rd grade,heres all the meds ive been put on (the ones i can remember)all of them i had memory problems and i couldnt get my sentences out,and real bad depression
-Keppra-made me angry,hostile,foggy,depression,stumble over feet,I threw a dvd player at my mom but two sec.later said I loved her.
-Depakote-BEWARE!! I put on a 100 pounds in 3 months,depakote temor,i have permanent tremors when i start to fall asleep.depression the doctor was basically OD'ing me on it and as i said i had a thought but i coulnt get it out.groggy,always running into things,made my eyesight worse.
Topamax&Lamictal- Im on right now there fine,I havent had a seizure in six months, It just makes me a bit tired and hallucinations are a bit high though all my meds make everything vivid,my dreams mainly.
Vimpat-WARNING-For some reason when i was on this i got all the major side effects,I got the Just as you fall asleep you will twitch,such bad depression i spilled chex mix and i cried about how i can't do anything right.i mean i cried every night and all day.But i figured if i didnt have seizures it was ok.I sat in the shower and wondered if I was even worth it,it was tht bad.
wlcome to the club The
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2015-06-16 - 16:40
wlcome to the club The number of meds yo u have tried is on a list that is small to the number of medications they have been using to stop seizures. The neurologist will generally prescribe a medication and set the dosage at levels they know are working because they have patients taking that med at that dosage. A medicatioon that works for one person may not work for the next.You did not say how long it was before you got off keppra or vimpat. Side effects do happen. I am not saying they don't. I also know that those side effects last a period of time while the doctor is getting the theraputic levels set. The number of people who do keep the side effects is around 5-8%, If your neurologist has a list of most of the medications used to treat seizures then take about 5 away and thats how many I have used. Stay on the ones you are now, Oh and there are ways to help keep your memory going. I remember my address from 60 years ago. I remember the essayy I wrote back in 1964. I remember the prose or poems I had to memorize in 1969 . It just takes finding a different way to stash it in a different area of the brain. Basically what your brain is is a computer. Ok when you want to save something on your computer you hit save and it's saved. Well your mind does the same thing without hitting the save key. Find a way to get into your memory and you have different ways to do that with all computers and yes you too can find a way. For me my reading was slowed down. But in slowing my reading down I could actually memorize most of the imformation and give it back verbatimly